
Godwin Island and Ship Shoal Island sit at the center of this intricate coastal survey, where the dynamic barrier island system of the Eastern Shore meets the Atlantic Ocean. The landscape is dominated by tidal marshes and winding waterways such as Big Creek Marsh and Red Drum Drain. Navigation through these shifting shoals relies on named passages like the Main Ship Shoal Channel and White Channel, which weave between Mink Island and the mainland. Historically significant landforms including Smith Island and Myrtle Island Beach provide a record of the shoreline's composition, where inlets like Bungalow Inlet and Little Inlet continuously reshape the reach of the tide against the Virginia coast.
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1893 Virginia Beach
Northampton County, VA

1941 Broadwater
Northampton County, VA

1942 Cobb Island
Northampton County, VA

1942 Great Machipongo Inlet
Northampton County, VA

1943 Elliotts Creek
Northampton County, VA

1943 Jamesville
Northampton County, VA

1943 Townsend
Northampton County, VA

1948 Wescott Point
Northampton County, VA

1953 Ship Shoal Inlet
Northampton County, VA

1955 Elliotts Creek
Northampton County, VA

1955 Townsend
Northampton County, VA

1964 North Virginia Beach
Northampton County, VA

1966 Margarettsville
Northampton County, VA

1968 Cobb Island
Northampton County, VA

1968 Elliotts Creek
Northampton County, VA

1968 Fishermans Island
Northampton County, VA

1968 Great Machipongo Inlet
Northampton County, VA

1968 Jamesville
Northampton County, VA

1968 Ship Shoal Inlet
Northampton County, VA

1968 Townsend
Northampton County, VA

1971 Chesapeake Channel
Northampton County, VA

1977 Cobb Island
Northampton County, VA

1977 Elliotts Creek
Northampton County, VA

1977 Jamesville
Northampton County, VA

1977 Ship Shoal Inlet
Northampton County, VA

1977 Townsend
Northampton County, VA

1978 Great Machipongo Inlet
Northampton County, VA

1984 Williamsburg
Northampton County, VA

1985 Virginia Beach
Northampton County, VA

1990 Virginia Beach
Northampton County, VA

2022 Chesapeake Channel
Northampton County, VA

2022 Cobb Island
Northampton County, VA

2022 Elliotts Creek
Northampton County, VA

2022 Fishermans Island
Northampton County, VA

2022 Great Machipongo Inlet
Northampton County, VA

2022 Jamesville
Northampton County, VA

2022 North Virginia Beach
Northampton County, VA

2022 Ship Shoal Inlet
Northampton County, VA

2022 Townsend
Northampton County, VA